Students’ top new mentors

All female students on the Sports Journalism course have now been assigned a female industry mentor as the course continues to support under-represented groups.

The scheme has been driven by Brendan McLoughlin, Academic Course Leader for BA Sports Journalism.

Mentors are either Course Associate Laura Winter (pictured) or female graduates from the course who are now working in industry. They include Lowri Jacob at Welsh Athletics, Caitlin Bennett at Matchroom Boxing and Hannah Pinnock and Bruna Reis at Reach PLC. 

Feedback and guidance from such leading broadcasters as Laura Winter (BT Sport, F1, Prime Video, EuroSport, ITV) is of enormous benefit as students negotiate the industry, as Brendan explains:

“The feedback has been really positive with Laura, for example, having met for a coffee with a number of mentees where she has offered advice, support and the sharing of some of her contacts. 

“One option to further expand this will be mentoring of students with a disability and those from ethnic minority backgrounds.”